Systems and methods include a group fund processor having a communications interface that receives account data associated with a primary account from a device over a network, creates a group fund account, and associate one or more limits with the group fund account, an alert interface that transmits an electronic invitation including a description of a first amount to an invited user and receives a response from the invited user to the at least one invitation, wherein the response includes account data associated with a respective group member account of the invited user; and an account processor that links the group fund account to the primary account, and links respective group member account of the invited user to the group fund account so that the first amount is transferred from the respective group member account of the invited user to the group fund account.
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1. A system comprising: a group fund processor configured to receive account data associated with a primary account from a first device, the first device comprising a first mobile application that is (i) configured to enable creation of a group fund account having a recurring time limit and (ii) associated with a social networking platform, wherein the group fund processor is configured to transmit a query to, and receive input responsive to the query from, the first device indicating whether the group fund account should close at a time associated with the recurring limit; an alert interface configured to transmit an electronic invitation indicative of a first amount request to a second device and to receive a response from the second device, wherein the response comprises account data associated with a group member account associated with the second device; and an account processor configured to (i) link the group fund account to the primary account so that the group fund account funds the primary account and (ii) link the group member account associated with the second device to the group fund account so that a first amount is transferred from the group member account of the second device to the group fund account, the first mobile application being further configured to enable the second device to interact with the group fund processor as a group member, the group fund processor being further configured to prompt the group member to post information associated with the first amount via a second mobile application to a social media account associated with the social networking platform.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein: the group fund processor is further configured to (i) receive transaction data associated with a purchase made using the primary account via a transaction processing network and (ii) compare the transaction data to the one or more limits associated with the group fund account; the alert interface is further configured to (i) transmit a confirmation request to the first device based on the results of the comparison and (ii) receive a response to the confirmation request from the first device; and the account processor is further configured to transfer a specified amount from the group fund account to the primary account based on at least one of the transaction data and the response to the confirmation request.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a social linking application programming interface configured to interface with the group fund processor.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second mobile applications of the first and second devices, respectively, are associated with at least one financial service provider.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the group fund processor, account processor and alert interface are integrated into the at least one financial service provider.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic invitation is transmitted to the second device using one or more of a short message service and a push notification.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises the second mobile application.
8. A system comprising: one or more group fund processors configured to receive account data associated with a primary account from a first device, the first device comprising a first mobile application that is configured to interact with a group fund account having a recurring time limit, wherein the one or more group fund processors are configured to (i) transmit a query the first device and, in response, (ii) receive, from the first device, a indication as to whether the group fund account should close at a time associated with the recurring limit; an alert interface configured to provide a message indicative of a first amount request to a second device and to receive, from the second device, a message response comprising account data associated with a group member account associated with the second device; and one or more account processors configured to (i) link the group fund account to the primary account and (ii) link the group member account to the group fund account, the first mobile application being further configured to enable the second device to interact with the one or more group fund processors as a group member, the one or more group fund processors being further configured to prompt the group member to post information associated with the first amount via a second mobile application to a social media account.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein: the one or more group fund processors are further configured to (i) receive transaction data associated with a purchase made using the primary account via a transaction processing network and (ii) compare the transaction data to the one or more limits associated with the group fund account; the alert interface is further configured to (i) transmit a confirmation request to the first device based on the results of the comparison and (ii) receive a response to the confirmation request from the first device; and the one or more account processors are further configured to transfer a specified amount from the group fund account to the primary account based on at least one of the transaction data and the response to the confirmation request.
10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a social linking application programming interface configured to interface with the one or more group fund processors.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first and second mobile applications of the first and second devices, respectively, are associated with at least one financial service provider.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more group fund processors, one or more account processors and alert interface are integrated into the at least one financial service provider.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the alert interface is configured to provide the message to the second device using one or more of a short message service and a push notification.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second device comprises the second mobile application.
15. The system of claim 8 , wherein the group fund account and the social media account are both associated with a first social networking platform.
16. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more account processors are further configured to (i) link the group fund account to the primary account so that the group fund account funds the primary account and (ii) link the group member account associated with the second device to the group fund account so that the first amount is transferred from the group member account of the second device to the group fund account.
17. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more group fund processors, (i) account data associated with a primary account from a first device and (ii) a recurring time limit associated with a group fund account that is accessible via a first mobile application on the first device; transmitting, by the one or more group fund processors, a query to the first device; receiving, by the one or more group fund processors, input from the first device indicating whether the group fund account should close at a time associated with the recurring limit; receiving, by one or more account processors, account data associated with a group member account of an invited user associated with a second device; linking, by the one or more account processors, (i) the group fund account to the primary account so that the group fund account funds the primary account and (ii) the group member account of the invited user to the group fund account so that a first amount is transferred from the group member account of the invited user to the group fund account; and prompting, by the one or more group fund processors, the group member to post information associated with the first amount via a second mobile application of the second device to a social media account associated with the social networking platform.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to enable the second device to interact with the one or more group fund processors as a group member.
19. The method of claim 17 further comprising: receiving, by the one or more group fund processors, at least one selection from the first device; and associating, by the one or more group fund processors and responsive to receiving the at least one selection, one or more limits with the group fund account.
20. The method of claim 17 further comprising: transmitting, by an alert interface, an electronic invitation comprising a first amount request to the second device of the invited user; and receiving, by the alert interface, a response to the electronic invitation from the second device, wherein the response comprises the account data associated with the group member account of the invited user.
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October 23, 2018
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